Royal Palace

Bored in Bangkok

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April 20th 2009
We spent a few too many nights in Bangkok on Khao San Rd. Bangkok is nice but only for a few nights. We visited the Royal Palace and the laying buddha which was massive. Khao San Rd was great - heaps of markets and food places. We had the best pad thai that we have ever had and it was only 25 baht, $1, you cant beat that. We left the tour group here and headed for Chiang Mai. When we got back to B ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more